This gathering will explore interactions between the theory of wavelets and frames, operator algebras, Gabor systems in harmonic analysis, martingales and probability theory and time-frequency analysis and its relationships to the Heisenberg group. The invited speakers listed below will give one-hour talks spread throughout Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Parallel sessions of twenty minute talks will be interspersed between the invited talks, and free slots of time will be left available during each day to promote research interaction. The conference will begin at 9:30 a.m, Thursday May 18 and the last talks will end on Saturday,May 20 at 5 p.m.
In addition to the conference, there will be a no-host banquet Friday evening May 19 to honor Professor Larry Baggett and to celebrate his contributions to the mathematical profession. Details on the cost and venue of the banquet can be found below.
This is an open meeting with no registration fees. This conference is being funded by the University of Colorado's Council for Research and Creative Work, the Dean's Fund for Excellence, and the National Science Foundation.
There will be funding available to assist participants with their travel and lodging expenses. All interested participants are invited to apply to the organizers for help with expenses, particularly graduate students, mathematicians at the postdoctoral level, and those mathematicians who are members of underrepresented groups.
Larry and Christy Baggett would like to invite all conference participants to their house for a casual cocktail party (drinks and nibbles) beginning at 5:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon, May 18. Directions to their house at 1407 Cedar Avenue, Boulder, will be supplied Thursday afternoon.
There will be a conference banquet in honor of Larry Baggett to be held Friday, May 19, 2006 at 6 p.m., at Laudisio's, 2785 Iris Avenue, Boulder, at the northwest corner of the intersection of Iris Avenue and 28th St. The cost per person is $30, and payment must be received 48 hours prior to the banquet. Click HERE to see the menu for the banquet.
A block of rooms have been reserved at a special group rate at the Best Western Boulder Inn, within walking distance to campus. The special rate is $63 per night for a single room and $68 per night for a double room. Please call 1-800-233-8469 and reference "BAGGETT" to make your reservations and receive this special rate. Click HERE to see more details about the Best Western Boulder Inn.
The travel time from DIA to Boulder is about 55 minutes. There are two options: renting a car, or taking a shuttle. There are two shuttle services - Boulder Supershuttle and Boulder Express. The cost is about $20 one-way and $38 round trip, not including tip. The web site for the Boulder Supershuttle can be found HERE .
Click HERE for a list of some local eateries.
Invited Speakers: |
Gerald Folland , University of Washington |
Christopher Heil , Georgia Institute of Technology |
Palle Jorgensen , University of Iowa |
Eberhard Kaniuth , Paderborn University |
David Larson , Texas A&M |
Herbert Medina , Loyola Marymount University |
Kathy Merrill , Colorado College |
Daniel Stroock , Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Dennis Sullivan , City University of New York/SUNY Stony Brook |
Keith Taylor , Dalhousie University |
Yang Wang , Georgia Institute of Technology |
Click HERE to see a schedule for the workshop and related events.
Click HERE to see the titles and abstracts of all of the talks.
For more information, please contact Kathy Merrill or Judith Packer.
Below is everyone having a GREAT time at the conference. The photo is courtesy of Ying Wang and Marysia Mylcielski.
Click HERE to get a list of the email addresses of participants.
There were only a few minor off-campus organizational difficulties ... (historical re-enactment photo somewhat exagerrated)
Last Modified: June 15, 2006